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JOURNALISM - 'Team reporting project by radio journalists from Bosnia & Herzegovina ' |
December 5-12 / Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
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An eight-person team of local radio journalists, Roma and non- Roma, will travel across Bosnia & Herzegovina for two-weeks, working on an in-depth investigation of issues faced by Roma people living there. One international editor will coordinate the team. |
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With the support of the UK Department for International Development
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| NGO - 'Media relations training: Roma community leaders & NGOs in Bosnia & Herzegovina' |
December 2-4 / Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
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| MDI will hold a media relations workshop for approximate 17 Roma community leaders and NGO representatives. The participants will receive practical training in techniques ranging from gauging news value and creating photo opportunities, to preparing press releases and press conferences. Trainers will be a mixed team of experienced international journalists and PR experts working alongside local editors and PR practitioners. |
With the support of the UK Department for International Development
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| DEBATE - ' The Muslim Image in the Media: Between Fairness and Bias' |
November 15 / London , Great Britain
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| Media Diversity Institute, in association with Frontline is organizing a debate on the image of Muslims in the UK media. Are Muslims fairly presented in the UK media? Or are they misportrayed and stereotyped? Last August, the Muslim Council of Britain accused the BBC's Panorama of being ‘dishonestly presented and Islamophobic' when reporting on the leadership of British Muslims. According to a recent survey by the Federation of Student Islamic Societies, nearly 90% of UK Muslim students it surveyed believe the media image of their community needs to change. Join us for an evening discussion.
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| NGO - 'Media relations training for Azerbaijani NGOs' |
November 2-4 / Masally, Azerbaijan
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MDI will hold a media relations workshop for NGO leaders and journalists. NGO participants will be given practical training in techniques ranging from gauging news value and creating photo opportunities, to preparing press releases and press conferences. Journalists will be trained in the value of NGOs to the news agenda, and how to get the most from them. Trainers will be a mixture of experienced international journalists and PR experts working alongside local editors and PR practitioners.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| NGO - 'Media relations training for Azerbaijani NGOs' |
October 29-31 / Baku, Azerbaijan
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| MDI will hold a media relations workshop for NGO leaders and journalists. NGO participants will be given practical training in techniques ranging from gauging news value and creating photo opportunities, to preparing press releases and press conferences. Journalists will be trained in the value of NGOs to the news agenda, and how to get the most from them. Trainers will be a mixture of experienced international journalists and PR experts working alongside local editors and PR practitioners. |
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With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| JOURNALISM - 'Reporting diversity workshop for Armenian journalists' |
October 27-29 / Yerevan, Armenia
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| MDI, in cooperation with the Yerevan Press Club, will hold a three-day workshop for journalists and editors covering diversity reporting - the full and objective coverage of both the majority and minorities - using both international and local examples and trainers. Workshop sessions, using a mixture of theory and practical exercises, will focus on the way the media covers diversity issues, and how it could improve that coverage. |
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With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| JOURNALISM - 'Team reporting project for TV journalists from Azerbaijan and Georgia' |
October 24 -November 3 / Baku, Azerbaijan & Tbilisi, Georgia
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An eight-person team of Azerbaijani and Georgian TV reporters will span their two countries for two-weeks, working on an in-depth investigation of a diversity topic. (The topic is yet to be decided). One international and one local editor will coordinate the team. |
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With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| JOURNALISM - 'Reporting diversity workshop for Caucasus journalists' |
October 23-25 / Tbilisi, Georgia
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MDI will hold a three-day workshop for journalists and editors covering diversity reporting - the full and objective coverage of both the majority and minorities - using both international and local examples and trainers. Workshop sessions, using a mixture of theory and practical exercises, will focus on the way the media covers diversity issues, and how it could improve that coverage.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| JOURNALISM - 'Reporting diversity workshop for Caucasus journalists' |
October 19-21 / Baku, Azerbaijan
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MDI will hold a three-day workshop for journalists and editors covering diversity reporting - the full and objective coverage of both the majority and minorities - using both international and local examples and trainers. Workshop sessions, using a mixture of theory and practical exercises, will focus on the way the media covers diversity issues, and how it could improve that coverage.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| JOURNALISM - 'Team reporting project for radio journalists from Armenia and Georgia' |
October 1-10 - Yerevan, Armenia & Tbilisi, Georgia
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An eight-person team of Armenian and Georgian radio journalists will span their two countries for two-weeks, working on an in-depth investigation of a diversity topic. (The topic is yet to be decided). One international and one local editor will coordinate the team. |
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With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| JOURNALISM - 'Team Reporting Project by journalists from Macedonia' |
September 23 - October 3 / Skopje, Macedonia
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An eight-person team of local TV journalists, Roma and non-Roma, will travel across Macedonia for 10 days, working on an in-depth investigation of issues faced by Roma people living there, within the context of the four pillars - education, employment, housing and health - of the Decade of Roma Inclusion. The resulting 25 minute documentary film will be distributed free to all Macedonian TV stations. One international and one local editor will coordinate the team.
With the support of the UK Department for International Development
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| JOURNALISM - 'Diversity reporting and Roma issues training for news agency journalists' |
September 16-18 / Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro
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MDI will hold a three-day workshop, for news agency journalists, covering diversity reporting - the full and objective coverage of both the majority and minorities - as well as Roma issues, public policies regarding Roma, and the Decade of Roma Inclusion. Workshop sessions, presented by international and local trainers, will focus on the way the agency covers diversity issues, and how it could improve that coverage. In the four months following the workshop, the agency will prepare a series of 40 articles from Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia and Serbia & Montenegro covering Roma issues, for distribution to its subscribers.
With the support of the UK Department for International Development |
| NGO - 'Media relations training for Georgian NGOs' |
September 7-9 / Tbilisi, Georgia
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MDI will hold a media relations workshop for NGO leaders and journalists. NGO participants will be given practical training in techniques ranging from gauging news value and creating photo opportunities, to preparing press releases and press conferences. Journalists will be trained in the value of NGOs to the news agenda, and how to get the most from them. Trainers will be a mixture of experienced international journalists and PR experts working alongside local editors and PR practitioners.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| NGO - 'Media relations training for Armenian NGOs' |
September 3-5 / Yerevan, Armenia
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MDI will hold a media relations workshop for NGO leaders and journalists. NGO participants will be given practical training in techniques ranging from gauging news value and creating photo opportunities, to preparing press releases and press conferences. Journalists will be trained in the value of NGOs to the news agenda, and how to get the most from them. Trainers will be a mixture of experienced international journalists and PR experts working alongside local editors and PR practitioners.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| ACADEMIC - 'Meeting of journalism professors from the South Caucasus' |
September 3-4 / Istanbul, Turkey
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A group of 14 journalism professors from the South Caucasus will follow up their 2004 meeting, during which they began the development of a diversity reporting curriculum framework for use in universities across their region. In 2005 they will meet professors from Austria, Hungary and Russia, to find out how diversity reporting is being taught in those countries.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| MEDIA MANAGEMENT - 'Media decision-makers diversity conference' |
July 30-31 / Vienna, Austria
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Top level media managers from South Caucasus print and broadcast media outlets will gather for MDI's fourth media decision-makers' conference. The meeting will explore the use of diversity as both a business tool and community imperative.
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With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| MEDIA/NGO - 'Reporting Diversity Network, annual meeting' |
July 29 / Vienna, Austria
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MDI's Reporting Diversity Network (South Caucasus chapter) annual meeting took place in Vienna. MDI partner organizations in the South Caucasus gathered to evaluate the implementation of MDI's projects in that region, to discuss planned activities and to propose further solutions to bridge the gaps between the region's minorities and media.
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With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| DEBATE - 'Scapegoating Gypsies: the Media and the Roma' |
June 23 / London, Great Britain
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Media Diversity Institute, in association with Frontline is organizing a debate on coverage of Roma - or Gypsies - by the British and EU media. Are EU media racist toward Roma, the largest minority group in Europe? Why have members of Britain's National Union of Journalists called on the British Government to take measures against tabloid incitation of racial hatred towards the Roma community? Where do the prejudices come from?
Join us for an evening discussion on the media and the Roma.
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| JOURNALISM - 'Team reporting project by radio journalists from Montenegro' |
May 26-June 5 / Montenegro
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An eight-person team of local radio journalists, Roma and non-Roma, will travel across Montenegro for two-weeks, working on an in-depth investigation of issues faced by Roma people living there. One international and one local editor will coordinate the team.
With the support of the UK Department for International Development
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| JOURNALISM - 'Team reporting project by Armenian & Georgian journalists' |
May 9-19 / Yerevan, Armenia
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An eight-person team of Armenian and Georgian television reporters will span their two countries for two-weeks, working on an in-depth investigation of a diversity topic. (The topic is yet to be decided). One international and one local editor will coordinate the team.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| MEDIA MANAGEMENT/JOURNALISM - 'Broadcast media consultants' |
| April - May / Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia |
| MDI deployed a team of four broadcast media consultants, two focusing on editorial issues and two focusing on management issues, to work intensively with selected Roma radio and TV outlets in Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia during the months of April and May.
With the support of the UK Department for International Development |
| MEDIA MONITORING - 'South Caucasus diversity media monitoring evaluation meeting' |
| April 14-15 / Tbilisi, Georgia |
A Cardiff University (Wales) media research expert will analyse the first round of MDI's South Caucasus media monitoring (a month's monitoring of 15 leading newspapers in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in February), and discuss methodological issues with the monitoring team in preparation for the second round of monitoring, which is to focus on broadcast media.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| JOURNALISM - 'Team reporting project by Armenian, Azerbaijani & Georgian journalists' |
| April 14-24 / Tbilisi, Georgia |
A nine-person team of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian newspaper reporters will span their three countries for two-weeks, working on an in-depth investigation of a diversity topic. (The topic is yet to be decided). One international and one local editor will coordinate the team.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| NGO - 'Media relations training for Abkhazian NGOs' |
| April 10-12 / Abkhazia |
MDI held a media relations workshop for NGO leaders and journalists. NGO participants were given practical training in techniques ranging from gauging news value and creating photo opportunities, to preparing press releases and press conferences. Journalists were trained in the value of NGOs to the news agenda, and how to get the most from them. Trainers were a mixture of experienced international journalists and PR experts working alongside local editors and PR practitioners.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| JOURNALISM - 'Reporting diversity workshop for Abkhazian journalists' |
| April 10-12 / Abkhazia |
MDI held a three-day workshop covering diversity reporting - the full and objective coverage of both the majority and minorities - using both international and local examples and trainers. Workshop sessions, using a mixture of theory and practical exercises, focused on the way the media covers diversity issues, and how it could improve that coverage.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| NGO - 'Media relations training for Azerbaijani NGOs' |
| April 9-11 / Baku, Azerbaijan |
MDI held a media relations workshop for NGO leaders and journalists. NGO participants were given practical training in techniques ranging from gauging news value and creating photo opportunities, to preparing press releases and press conferences. Journalists were trained in the value of NGOs to the news agenda, and how to get the most from them. Trainers were a mixture of experienced international journalists and PR experts working alongside local editors and PR practitioners.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| NGO - 'Media relations training for Georgian NGOs' |
| April 5-7 / Tbilisi, Georgia |
MDI held a media relations workshop for NGO leaders and journalists. NGO participants were given practical training in techniques ranging from gauging news value and creating photo opportunities, to preparing press releases and press conferences. Journalists were trained in the value of NGOs to the news agenda, and how to get the most from them. Trainers were a mixture of experienced international journalists and PR experts working alongside local editors and PR practitioners.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| MEDIA MANAGEMENT/JOURNALISM - 'Broadcast media consultant' |
| March - April / Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia |
MDI deployed a broadcast media consultant, to work with TV producers in Armenia , Azerbaijan and Georgia on diversity content in the South Caucasus TV magazine programme Crossroads.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| JOURNALISM - 'Team reporting project by Azerbaijani & Georgian journalists' |
March 14-25 / Baku, Azerbaijan
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| An eight-person team of Azerbaijani and Georgian newspaper reporters spanned their two countries for two-weeks, working on an in-depth investigation the lives of minority peoples on their shared border, including Azeris living in Georgia and Georgians living in Azerbaijan. One international and two local editors coordinated the team.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| MEDIA MANAGEMENT - 'Professionalisation of minority media in Armenia' |
March 10-11 / Yerevan, Armenia
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MDI held a two-day workshop for editors and media managers from minority print media outlets in Armenia. Topics covered included: research, targeting content to consumers, marketing and distribution, revenue streams and budgeting. The aim was to assist minority media to develop and sustain high professional standards of journalism and media management.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| MEDIA MANAGEMENT - 'Professionalisation of minority media in Georgia' |
March 7-8 / Tbilisi, Georgia
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MDI held a two-day workshop for editors and media managers from minority print and radio media outlets in Georgia. Topics covered included: research, targeting content to consumers, marketing and distribution, revenue streams and budgeting. The aim was to assist minority media to develop and sustain high professional standards of journalism and media management.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| NGO - 'Media relations training: Roma community leaders & NGOs in Montenegro' |
March 4-6 / Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro
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| MDI held a media relations workshop for Roma community leaders and NGOs. They were given practical training in techniques ranging from gauging news value and creating photo opportunities, to preparing press releases and press conferences. Trainers were a mixed team of experienced international journalists and PR experts working alongside local editors and PR practitioners. There were 15 participants. |
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With the support of the UK Department for International Development
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| MEDIA MANAGEMENT - 'Professionalisation of minority media in Azerbaijan' |
March 3-4 / Baku, Azerbaijian
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MDI held a two-day workshop for editors and media managers from minority print and radio media outlets in Azerbaijan. Topics covered included: research, targeting content to consumers, marketing and distribution, revenue streams and budgeting. The aim was to assist minority media to develop and sustain high professional standards of journalism and media management.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| NGO - 'Media relations training for Armenian NGOs' |
| March 2-4 / Vanadzor, Armenia |
| MDI held a media relations workshop for NGO leaders and journalists. NGO participants were given practical training in techniques ranging from gauging news value and creating photo opportunities, to preparing press releases and press conferences. Journalists were trained in the value of NGOs to the news agenda, and how to get the most from them. Trainers were a mixture of experienced international journalists and PR experts working alongside local editors and PR practitioners. There were 15 NGO participants and 10 journalists at the workshop.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| NGO - 'Media relations training for NGOs from Nagorno-Karabakh' |
| February 26-28 / Nagorno-Karabakh |
| MDI held a media relations workshop for NGO leaders and journalists. NGO participants were given practical training in techniques ranging from gauging news value and creating photo opportunities, to preparing press releases and press conferences. Journalists were trained in the value of NGOs to the news agenda, and how to get the most from them. Trainers were a mixture of experienced international journalists and PR experts working alongside local editors . There were 15 NGO participants and 10 journalists at the workshop.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| JOURNALISM - 'Team reporting project by journalists from Serbia' |
February 10-20 / Serbia & Montenegro
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An eight-person team of local radio journalists, four of them Roma and four non-Roma, working in pairs, traveled across Serbia for two-weeks, collecting material from both Roma and non-Roma sources on discrimination, racism and other issues faced by Roma. Each pair produced a radio package for broadcast by their and other stations. One international and one local editor coordinated the team.
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With the support of the UK Department for International Development |
| JOURNALISM - 'Team reporting project by Armenian & Georgian journalists' |
February 8-18 / Yerevan, Armenia & Tbilisi, Georgia
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An eight-person team of Armenian and Georgian newspaper reporters worked intensively for two-weeks, on an in-depth investigation of the situation of peoples living in the Javakheti region of Georgia, which border Armenia. One international and two local editors coordinated the team.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| MEDIA MONITORING - 'Monitoring of diversity coverage in the South Caucasus' |
February 1-28 / Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
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Media monitoring of 15 leading
TV station's news programmes
in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia took place for the entire month of February. Monitoring specifically examined the media's coverage of the following diversity groups: refugees/internally displaced persons, disabled persons, religious minorities, sexual minorities and ethnic minorities. It was followed by a cross-regional comparison of the results.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| JOURNALISM - 'Publication of 'Reporting Diversity Manual', Caucasus edition' |
| February / Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia |
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A Caucasus-specific edition of MDI's 'Reporting Diversity Manual' was published, in Armenian, Azeri and Georgian languages. The manual includes sections on ethnicity, religion, gender, people with disabilities, socially disadvantaged groups, elderly people, refugees, sexual orientation, political dissidents and photographs/images. Each section contains reporting tips and detailed analysis of actual articles (taken from newspapers from the Caucasus, Western Europe and the US). Training modules are also included. |
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| NGO - 'Publication of 'Media Relations Handbook for NGOs', Caucasus edition' |
| February / Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia |
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As part of its Caucasus programme, MDI works with NGOs that represent minorities, training them in media communications skills. (Many editors complain to MDI that the majority of NGO's communicate poorly with them). A Caucasus-specific edition of the handbook by the Independent Journalism Foundation, 'A Media Relations handbook for Non-Governmental Organizations', was published by MDI, in Armenian, Azeri and Georgian languages. The handbook is a practical guide to media relations for non-governmental organisations and people who need to communicate better with the media. |
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| JOURNALISM - 'Reporting diversity workshop for Armenian news agencies' |
January 17-19 / Yerevan, Armenia
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MDI held a three-day workshop for Armenian news agency journalists, covering diversity reporting - the full and objective coverage of both the majority and minorities - using both international and local examples and trainers. Workshop sessions, using a mixture of theory and practical exercises, focused on the way the agency covers diversity issues, and how it could improve that coverage. In the 18 months following the workshop, the agency will prepare a series of 75 diversity-related articles for distribution to its subscribers.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| JOURNALISM - 'Reporting diversity workshop for Georgian news agencies' |
January 12-15 / Tbilisi, Georgia
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MDI held a three-day workshop for Georgian news agency journalists, covering diversity reporting - the full and objective coverage of both the majority and minorities - using both international and local examples and trainers. Workshop sessions, using a mixture of theory and practical exercises, focused on the way the agency covers diversity issues, and how it could improve that coverage. In the 18 months following the workshop, the agency will prepare a series of 75 diversity-related articles for distribution to its subscribers.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| JOURNALISM - 'Reporting diversity workshop for Azerbaijani news agencies' |
January 8-10 / Baku, Azerbaijan
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MDI held a three-day workshop for Azerbaijani news agency journalists, covering diversity reporting - the full and objective coverage of both the majority and minorities - using both international and local examples and trainers. Workshop sessions, using a mixture of theory and practical exercises, focused on the way the agency covers diversity issues, and how it could improve that coverage. In the 18 months following the workshop, the agency will prepare a series of 75 diversity-related articles for distribution to its subscribers.
With the support of the European Community and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
For information about
any MDI events please contact:
Lydia El-Khouri at
lydia@media-diversity.org |
